The Trust also considers
applications for several types of additional funding on a discretionary basis:

ØAcademic development funding - from £500 to
£2,000, dependent on the length of your course, to attend conferences and
courses.

ØFamily allowance - up to £10,120 for a first
child and up to £4,320 for a second child (2016-17 rate). No funding is
provided for a partner.

ØFieldwork - you may apply to keep up to your
normal maintenance allowance while on fieldwork as part of your PhD (the Trust
does not fund other fieldwork costs as these should be funded by the University
Composition Fee).

ØHardship funding - for unforeseen difficulties

ØMaternity/Paternity funding - should you require
it, you may apply to intermit your studies for up to 6 months and continue to
receive your maintenance allowance during this time

ØSome fourth year funding for PhD Scholars may be
provided.

Eligible

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You can apply for a Gates
Cambridge Scholarship if you are:

Øa citizen of any country outside the United
Kingdom

Øapplying to pursue one of the following
full-time residential courses of study at the University of Cambridge:

·Check which application
deadline applies to you for October 2018 entry.

·Gates Cambridge
administers two selection rounds each year:

·Round
1: US citizens normally resident in the USA

·Applicants in this round
must apply by 11 October 2017 for entry in
October 2018.

·Round
2: all other eligible applicants

·The application deadline
in this round is determined by the course you are applying for. You can check
which of the two deadlines below applies to you by checking the course directory, which will be updated in early August 2017.

What stage?

Round 1

Round 2

Applications open

4 September 2017

4 September 2017

Application deadline

11 October 2017

Dependent on your course -
either 6 December 2017 or 4 January 2018*

Departmental ranking

October - November

December - February

Trust shortlisting

Mid-December

Early March

Shortlisted candidates invited to
interview

Late December

Early March

Interviews

26 & 27 January 2018 (USA)

27 & 28 March 2018 (Cambridge,
UK)

Scholarships offered

Early February

Late March

Scholarships accepted

48 hours after offer

48ours after
offer

·The application deadline for
Round 2 is determined by the course you apply for. You can check which of the
Round 2 deadlines above applies to you in the course directory. Please also note that
if a course deadline is earlier than the relevant funding deadline above (e.g.
the LLM in Law), you must apply by the earlier course deadline.